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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr &
vb n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren akin to Sw glittra
Icel. glitra glita, AS glitenian OS gl[=i]tan, OHG.
gl[=i]zzan, G. gleissen Goth. glitmunjan and also to E.
glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as a glittering
sword.
The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
--Dryden.
2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
as the glittering scenes of a court.
Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
glittering
adj : having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the
scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins";
"`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)},
{fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittery}, {scintillant},
{scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]
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